AFTER nearly 10 years, an army officer and his parents have been acquitted by a Mumbai court in a dowry harassment and domestic violence case. The officer told mid-day.com that there is no law to protect men and that they are always punished in such cases. He also claimed he had paid almost Rs 37 lakh to his wife as compensation over the past decade.

The officer, who was residing at Mumbai`s Colaba area with his wife and parents, married in 2013 and was later posted to Jammu and Kashmir. Just two years into the marriage, in 2015, his wife registered a first information report (FIR) against him and his parents at Colaba Police Station, alleging harassment, assault, and lack of financial support. She also claimed that he “always kept non-veg food in front of her.” On Monday, the Esplanade Court (Killa Court) acquitted them.